Excito B3 Home Server

Intro

Earlier this year we reviewed a NAS-drive from Western Digital and found it very useful for media
streaming and file storage when there are more than just one PC in the house. The real point of that
drive was the RAID-feature that keeps the data safe on two individual hard drives. This time, however,
we have a new network drive from a Swedish manufacturer called Excito. The B3 takes a very different
kind of approach at network storage and home server needs. Now lets dive in and see what this device is
all about.

Package & Specs

The B3 comes in a very stylish black box, with the drive carefully packed inside to prevent any
shipping damage. The simplified looks mean there aren't many product pictures or details to be seen,
but there are still the most important specs printed in the bottom. The B3 comes in different
varieties, ranging from a 40 GB SSD to a terabyte hard drive and with some models coming with the
optional WLAN-kit. Our sample is a WLAN-version fitted with a 500 GB hard drive.

Looking at the specifications it's clear why the B3 is called a personal server - it does most of
the stuff you can do with a fully-fledged home server. It can do all the things ranging from email to
media serving and despite being a single drive device, can also do RAID if you separately buy an e-sata
expansion drive.

Bundle

Inside the box are the device itself, a power brick, an installation guide, four rubber feet, a
LAN-cable and in case it's the WLAN-version, also two antennas. Everything is black which gives a
lovely uniform style to the product. The manual is a pretty short one, but comes with pictures that
make setting the unit up a breeze.